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4 <br /> Board of Selectmen <br /> Minutes <br /> July 21, 2008 <br /> APPOINTMENTS AND HEARINGS: <br /> Fire Chief—Station No. 2 Staffing: <br /> George Baker, Fire Chief presented an overview of the Mashpee Fire& <br /> Rescue Department as it relates to future staffing needs-at the new Fire & <br /> Rescue Station located in South Mashpee on Red Brook Road. Station <br /> No. 2 is scheduled for substantial completion in mid-September. <br /> Currently,the shift staffing is 6 persons during the day and 5 at night. <br /> Several scenarios were proposed to staff Station No. 2 to conform to <br /> salary and overtime constraints. The staffing concept.was outlined in a <br /> memorandum dated July 8, 2008 addressed to the Town Manager. <br /> The staffing proposal considers a staffing option at Station No. 2 on <br /> October 1, 2008 for two Firefighter/EMT's 0900 through 1800 (day shift) <br /> and closing the station from December 1"through April I". On April 1, <br /> 2009, Station No. 2 would re-open with 2 Firefighters, day staffing only. <br /> During the peak months from June I"through October 1"the new station <br /> would be staffed with two Firefighters/EMT's 24/7. The proposal would <br /> create two new positions effective January 1, 2009. <br /> Chief Baker indicated that he has also applied for a SAFER grant. The <br /> grant if attained would support 4/3 staffing funding 80% from FEMA the <br /> first year and create two new positions effective January 2010. <br /> Stipulations of the grant require the Town to assume 100%of the cost in <br /> year five and to carry the program for a minimum of five years. <br /> Notification of the grant award would be obtained in early October. <br /> Upon review of the proposal,the Selectmen agreed that strategies should <br /> be reviewed to utilize the new building to its fullest capacity. Chief Baker <br /> is scheduled to discuss this matter with the Finance Committee <br />